XEmbed issue when plug created before socket

Sun, 13 Jul 2014 08:42:31 +0000

I don't know who is wrong of me or i3‑wm. From a regular Ubuntu desktop session: * I can run a socket then start a plug which embeds it‑self in the socket. * I can start a plug, then a socket embedding the plug. From an i3‑wm session: * I can run a socket then start a plug which embed it‑self in the socket. * I can start a plug, then a socket, but which (seemingly) cannot embed the plug. In short, within an i3‑wm session, starting a plug then starting a socket to embed the plug, does not work, while it works from an Ubuntu session. ## A sample case To run this sample case, you will need to have `surf` installed (available in Ubuntu packages repository, or else, see there: [surf.suckless.org](http://surf.suckless.org/)). The plug is `surf`, a browser from Suckless, which is a wrapper around WebKit. The socket application is this sample Python script: #!/usr/bin/python import gtk import sys def plugged_event(widget): print( "I (" + str(widget) + ") have just had a plug inserted!") def main(): window = gtk.Window() socket = gtk.Socket() window.show() socket.show() window.add(socket) window.connect("destroy", lambda w: gtk.main_quit()) socket.connect("plug-added", plugged_event) print socket.get_id() if len(sys.argv) == 2: socket.add_id(long(sys.argv[1])) gtk.main() main() Doing so will be OK: ./socket.py & # Copy the window ID which is echoed (not the PID!). surf -e "http://localhost" & # The `-e XWINDOW_ID` option tells `surf` to embed it‑self there. Doing so will fail in i3‑wm (OK from a regular Ubuntu desktop cession): surf -x "http://localhost" & # Copy the window ID which is echoed (not the PID!). # The `-x` option tells `surf` to display its XWindow ID. ./socket.py & I just get a blank window, with no content at all, while `surf` properly displays itself in the socket, when I do the same from an Ubuntu desktop session. ## Question Is this me or i3 which is bugging?

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XEmbed issue when plug created before socket